Simple Math and $100,000 Gold

If I need to SHOCK you into attention, I will.
Given that I know gold is going, MUCH, MUCH higher, it doesn’t matter what number I put in the title.  At current prices, PHYSICAL precious metals are the bargain of a lifetime, far more so than when gold was $250/ounce a decade ago, and silver just $4/ounce.  The explosion of global MONEY PRINTING since 2000 will be remembered as the most insane financial experiment of all time, which unfortunately is just getting started.  That $100,000/ounce gold projection is NOT a joke, as you will see at the end of this RANT.
Before I get started, I want to darken the mood a bit, as the world is a bit too giddy about the hype of the abbreviation du jour, the LTRO funding facility that emerged out of Central Bank ether to yet again enslave – er, save Europe with another massive dose of crack – er, free bank loans.
Beware the Coming Bailouts of Europe
I see no difference between the LTRO bailout and the November 30^th Fed “swap facility,” only this time the ECB, which just two weeks ago said it wouldn’t print money, is the bank showering the world with paper.  THAT’S how bad things are, and wouldn’t you know it, the LTRO emerged, yet again, just as Bank of America was about to break down through $5.00/share, creating a landslide of margin-based selling that could have kick-started the END GAME.  Not to mention, right before the New Year, to ensure TBTF firms aren’t scrutinized for awarding gargantuan, taxpayer-funded bonuses to executives before the system collapses in the first half of 2012.
In my view, this ominous, apocalyptic cloud formation is more appropriate to the current financial situation than the horns and whistles of this morning’s BLATANT bank bailout, and accompanying stock market orgy, which will likely have the same decreasing HALF-LIFE of all previous salvation attempts.